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Da'Sean Butler (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for West Virginia University. Butler was drafted 42nd overall by the Miami Heat in the 2010 NBA draft.
Placer County prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty in a murder case involving a former Major League Baseball player accused of shooting his wife’s parents three years ago at ...
"Texas is a nationwide leader in the use of the death penalty," said Burke Butler, executive director of the Texas Defender Service. "He has declared his innocence for 30 years, and the prosecutor ...
Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed. Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v.
[10] [11] Because he kidnapped Butler in Kansas and took her across state lines to Missouri, where she was murdered, the case became federal under the Federal Kidnapping Act. In April 2000, the prosecution officially announced that they would seek the death penalty for Nelson over the abduction-killing of Butler. [12]
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In the late 1980s, Senator Alfonse D'Amato, from New York State, sponsored a bill to make certain federal drug crimes eligible for the death penalty as he was frustrated by the lack of a death penalty in his home state. [13] The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 restored the death penalty under federal law for drug offenses and some types of murder. [14]
Texas has executed the most inmates of any other state in the nation, and it's not even close. The Lone Star state has put 591 inmates to death since 1982, most recently Garcia Glen White on Oct. 1.